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Witness guide to hearings

Your role in a hearing is crucial. Your first-hand account will help the tribunal make its decision. Find out what to do before, during and after a hearing, and how to get support.

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Your guide to a hearing

Our guide takes you through all stages of giving evidence at a hearing.

A witness waits for a hearing

Before a hearing

Where you can get support and adjustments we may be able to make for you.
A well-lit room with tall windows and comfy seating, a sitting man converses with a woman who is approaching him

On the day

Where you need to go and what you'll do on the day of a hearing.
An MPTS tribunal hearing room shown from behind the tribunal. A man and woman sit at a table in the foreground with their backs to the viewer. A woman in a wheelchair sits around the desk to their left, a man and lady can be seen seated next to her. To the right two men can be seen seated. At the far end of the room their in a lady appears on a video screen providing evidence to the tribunal.

After you give evidence

Who to talk to if you want to stay at the hearing and find out the decision.
Witness guide to hearings

Witness support service

Get free, independent and confidential support. Call 0300 303 3709.

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